Third African Musical Cup

Third AFMC
Tournament details
Dates	June 9 2023
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800"> Tunisia
Third place	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Mali
Fourth place	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	325 (10.16 per match)
Top scorer(s)	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800"> Tunisia (31 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Algeria	3	3	#2	Runner-up (#2)
Angola	2	2	#2	Group stage (#2)
Cameroon	1	1	–	Newcomer
Cape Verde	2	2	#2	Champion (#2)
Congo DRC	2	2	#2	Group stage (#2)
Egypt	3	3	#2	Quarter-finals (#1)
Ethiopia	3	3	#2	Runner-up (#1)
Ghana	2	2	#2	Group stage (#2)
Kenya	3	3	#2	Champion (#1)
Libya	1	1	–	Newcomer
Mali	1	1	–	Newcomer
Morocco	2	2	#2	Group stage (#2)
Niger	3	3	#2	Fourth place (#1)
Nigeria	2	2	#2	Winners ranking (#2)
Senegal	3	3	#2	Quarter-finals (#1)
South Africa	2	2	#2	Group stage (#2)
Tunisia	3	3	#2	Fourth place (#2)
Zambia	2	2	#2	Winners ranking (#2)

Draw

Seeding and drawing

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the most World Cup Ranking at the point (After the fifteenth cup), starting from the best placing teams and progressively going down through the pots, and the teams out of the world ranking were sorted based on placings on the African Cup ranking, and finally population.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Mali (#13 W) Zambia (#15 W) Nigeria (#21 W) South Africa (#23 W) Senegal (#27 W) Congo DRC (#48 W)	Ghana (#52 W) Cameroon (#54 W) Egypt (#57 W) Tunisia (#61 W) Algeria (#1) Ethiopia (#2)	Cape Verde (#3) Kenya (#4) Niger (#6) Morocco (#16) Angola (#17) Libya (Debut)

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Senegal	Mali	Nigeria	Congo DRC	Zambia	South Africa
Ghana	Cameroon	Ethiopia	Algeria	Egypt	Tunisia
Angola	Morocco	Kenya	Niger	Cape Verde	Libya

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	2	2	0	13	10	3	6
Angola	2	1	1	12	12	0	3
Ghana	2	0	2	14	17	-3	0


(Mory Kanté - "Yeke Yeke") Senegal	8 – 7	Ghana (Black Santiago - "Paulina")
(DJ Ni**a Fox - "5 Violinos") Angola	3 – 5	Senegal (Ablaye Cissoko - "Evolution")
(Ata Kak - "Obaa Sima") Ghana	7 – 9	Angola (Pongo - "Kuzola")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mali	2	1	1	0	15	12	3	4
Cameroon	2	0	2	0	15	15	0	2
Morocco	2	0	1	1	11	14	-3	1


(Ballaké Sissoko - "Nan Sira Madi") Mali	8 – 8	Cameroon (Manu Dibango - "Soul Makossa")
(Bergsonist - "Gaza Border Violence") Morocco	4 – 7	Mali (Tinariwen - "Iswegh Attay")
(Blick Bassy - "Aké") Cameroon	7 – 7	Morocco (Fadoul - "Bsslama Hbibti")

Group C

Team	Pld	D	GF	GA	Pts
Kenya	2	2	16	16	2
Ethiopia	2	2	15	15	2
Nigeria	2	2	15	15	2


(Falz - "Bop Daddy") Nigeria	7 – 7	Ethiopia (Mulatu Astatke - "Yègellé Tezeta")
(KayCyy - "The Sun") Kenya	8 – 8	Nigeria (Obongjayar - "Just Cool")
(Ukandanz - "Addis Abèba Bété") Ethiopia	8 – 8	Kenya (Shad - "Rose Garden")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Niger	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
Congo DRC	2	1	0	1	17	16	1	3
Algeria	2	0	1	1	16	18	-2	1


(Jordan Mackampa - "Parachutes") Congo DRC	10 – 8	Algeria (Afous d'Afous - "Dounya Hi")
(Group Inerane - "Kuni Majagani") Niger	8 – 7	Congo DRC (Kanda Bongo Man - "Monie")
(Souad Massi - "Ghir Enta") Algeria	8 – 8	Niger (Hama - "Terroir")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	2	1	1	0	17	15	2	4
Cape Verde	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
Zambia	2	0	0	2	13	16	-3	0


(Sampa the Great - "Healer") Zambia	7 – 9	Egypt (Ali Hassan Kuban - "Mabruk")
(Mendes Brothers - "Cor di Rosa") Cape Verde	7 – 6	Zambia (Amayenge - "Ten Kwacha")
(Maurice Louca - "Teskar Tebki") Egypt	8 – 8	Cape Verde (Nancy Vieira - "Cab'Verde na Coraçon")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
South Africa	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
Libya	2	0	0	2	15	17	-2	0


(Sho Madjozi - "John Cena") South Africa	7 – 7	Tunisia (Emel - "Instant")
(Acetantina - "Body Parts") Libya	7 – 8	South Africa (Nadia Nakai - "More Drugs")
(Myrath - "Believer") Tunisia	9 – 8	Libya (Kaizo Slumber - "A Conflict Between Earth Mother and the Technogaia")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Senegal	2	2	0	13	10	3	6
B	Mali	2	1	1	15	12	3	4
E	Egypt	2	1	1	17	15	2	4
F	Tunisia	2	1	1	16	15	1	4
D	Niger	2	1	1	16	15	1	4
C	Kenya	2	0	2	16	16	0	2

Tunisia got qualified over Niger for having the biggest winning score, with Myrath's "Believer" scoring a 9.

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Senegal	8

Egypt	6
		Senegal	9

		Tunisia	8
Mali	7

Tunisia	7+
		Third place



		Egypt	7

		Mali	7+

Semifinals

Senegal	8–6	Egypt
"Fa Laay Fanaan" by Baaba Maal		"K202" by Onsy

Mali	7–7+	Tunisia
"Marigoundo" by Super Rail Band		"Dance Layan Dance" by Dhafer Youssef

Third place match

Egypt	7–7+	Mali
"Forever and Ever" by Demis Roussos		"Ruby" by Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté

Final

Senegal	9–8	Tunisia
"É'Mma" by Touré Kunda		"Le Cœur au bout des Doigts" by Jacqueline Taieb

Results

3rd African Music Cup Champion
Senegal (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Senegal	A	4	4	0	0	30	24	6	12
2	Tunisia	F	4	1	2	1	31	30	1	5
Third-place play-off
3	Mali	B	4	1	3	0	29	26	3	6
4	Egypt	E	4	1	2	1	30	30	0	5
Group stage eliminations
5	Niger	D	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
6	Kenya	C	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
7	Cape Verde	E	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
8	South Africa	F	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
9	Congo DRC	D	2	1	0	1	17	16	1	3
10	Angola	A	2	1	0	1	12	12	0	3
11	Cameroon	B	2	0	2	0	15	15	0	2
12	Ethiopia	C	2	0	2	0	15	15	0	2
13	Nigeria	C	2	0	2	0	15	15	0	2
14	Algeria	D	2	0	1	1	16	18	-2	1
15	Morocco	B	2	0	1	1	11	14	-3	1
16	Libya	F	2	0	0	2	15	17	-2	0
17	Ghana	A	2	0	0	2	14	17	-3	0
18	Zambia	E	2	0	0	2	13	16	-3	0

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